next to
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Adjacent to, as in The car next to mine has a flat tire , [Late 1300s]
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Following in order or degree, as in Next to skiing, she likes hiking . [Early 1500s]
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Almost, practically, as in It's next to impossible to predict the outcome , or I earned next to nothing last year . [Second half of 1600s]
Example Sentences
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Next to her, a woman named Ksenia shrugged and turned her eye to the sky: "Really, only God knows."
From BBC
A mum has won the right to continue using an annex next to her son's house as her main home, despite his objections.
From BBC
Zia will be buried next to her husband Ziaur Rahman, who was assassinated in 1981 while serving as president - an incident that thrusted Zia into political limelight.
From BBC
In fact, in January 1970 came another nearly defining event: Hanne and I fell in love with a charming three-floor Victorian house in Newton, Massachusetts, on a very quiet street next to an apple orchard and backing on to some undeveloped hillside.
From Barron's
As he stops right next to the fishing boat, hundreds of birds trail behind it.
From BBC
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